Agenda

2023 Rising Stars in Physics Workshop

The workshop provides opportunities for participants to share their own research, build network and relationships, and provide opportunities to interact with faculties from University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in addition to external guests representing a wide range of career stages and subfields of physics.


Berkeley Campus Map (PDF)


Monday, May 22, 2023

8:00 – 10:00 pm       Networking Reception for Workshop Participants


Tuesday, May 23, 2023

8:30 – 9:00 am        Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30 am        Welcome  
                                     James Analytis, Department Chair, UCB
                                      Alessandra Lanzara, Charles Kittel Professor of Physics, UCB

                                     Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT

9:30 – 10:45 am      Research Talks by Participants 

10:45 – 11:20 am   Group Photo and Coffee Break                         

11:20 - 12:20 pm    Panel 1: The Job Search and Interview Process (3 panelists) - A discussion on applications, the interview process, and negotiating job offers         

12:20 – 1:30 pm     Lunch - Keynote Address

1:30 – 2:45 pm       Research Talks by Participants 

2:45 – 3:15 pm       Coffee Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm       Panel 2: The First Few Years of a Faculty Career - Mentoring, promotion, tenure (panel with junior faculties)

4:15 – 5:15 pm       Networking Reception 

6:00 – 8:30 pm       Dinner and Keynote Address


Wednesday, May 24, 2023

8:30 – 9:00 am       Breakfast

9:00 – 10:15 am     Research Talks by Participants 


10:15 – 10:45 am     Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:45 am      Panel 3: Building a Research Group and FundingA discussion on how to build a research group, including how to set up a lab, hire/manage members, and apply for funding.

12:00 – 1:00 pm      Lunch and Keynote Address

1:00 – 2:15 pm        Research Talks by Participants 

2:15 - 3:30 pm         Panel 4: Balancing Act  - A discussion on time management for new faculty, including how to balance research, teaching, service, family and other commitments.

3:30 – 4:00 pm        Adjourn

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